In this episode of Words on a Wire host Tim Z. Hernandez interviews author Valentin Sandoval.

Sandoval is the author of Power At The Pass: The Don Shapiro Story. He is also a filmmaker and received the 1st Award ever at UTEP for Independent Filmmaking in 1996. He won 1st Place for Documentary at UTEP’s International Film Festival 2006 and The Rasquache Film Festival, where he received an award for Best Documentary for the film “Clamor”. The awards allowed Valentin to work on industry films that came into El Paso through 1996-2002 (films include working with Miramax, TriStar, Paramount Pictures, Wavemount Productions).